Daniel wrote:From what I´ve seen LKJ has just been misunderstood on the way. There are exercises that build it up, but they weren´t supposed to be used for pushing or attacking people, it´s just an advanced stage of listening skills. Someone snafu´d on the way, or thought it would be a groovy thing to make the students be more impressed.
D.
That's pretty much my understanding. Mind you only one teacher I met (Vincent Chu) ever described it like that. He maintained it was just something that developed between people who train together a long time and that it was not useful for fighting. OTOH I've met plenty of teachers who then took it "one step beyond" and used it to bolster their status as a "master". In some cases the grooming that went on with students was nauseating
I've also had workshop experience with a couple of guys who specialised in LKJ and didn't see anything beyond psycho / physical manipulation (which can be a useful thing in itself, but call it what it is). We also had a guy come to class once who made lots of LKJ claims. Nothing worked against any of my students, which he put down to their "strong chi" and "energy blackspots" in the room.......